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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh well.  Maybe we don’t have to waste as much money next year on stupid initiatives like the Lewis Academy after all. Aren’t they chartering buses at taxpayer expense to send HS kids down to Alabama for a conference this month? [/quote]

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The amount of waste *already* within FCPS (vanity projects, “equity” studies) somehow doesn’t bother these people as much as an honest mistake that is being rectified.  So typical.[/quote]

You're deflecting the issue.  The governor is supposed to manage accounting properly.  It took others to notice the error.
  If FCPS had a major accounting error like this you'd be all over it.  It's not an honest mistake. It's incompetence.[/quote]

So far, I'd say that FCPS's incompetence when it comes to managing its IT department, failing to keep student data confidential, keeping schools closed and bungling distance learning, [b]refusing to recognize student achievement[/b], and making a total hash out of things when it comes to facilities and capital spending have had a greater impact (and led to the departure of far more students from FCPS over the past several years) than this accounting error. [/quote]

Are you talking about the commended scholars thing? So they recognized National Merit Semi-Finalists but didn't send out all the commended announcements in a timely way. Anyone can log into their college board account and see if their scores qualify for commended. I was a National Merit "commended" scholar way back when and it was never mentioned by my school--it's like the consolation prize of the PSAT.  That hardly counts as a major flaw.

I think the schools closing was a tough call in a tough time.  I don't hold that against them.  I wanted my kid at home.

I do critique any issues with student data--that's their fundamental responsibility.

FCPS is rated extremely well by [b]external evaluators[/b] on their capital spending and facilities plans so I trust that over your judgment that they made "a complete hash."

The enrollment trends are not particular to FCPS--here's data on Virginia: https://statchatva.org/2022/01/26/school-enrollment-in-a-post-pandemic-virginia/

When does this happen?  
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